{"product_id":"lack-by-cecilia-knapp","title":"Lack by Cecilia Knapp","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Cecilia Knapp beautifully captures the experience of contemporary womanhood in this lyrical and insightful novel. A genuine triumph' ELIZA CLARK\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 'Poignant to the bone. Lack is both masterfully, poetically complex and beautifully easy to read' GEMMA CAIRNEY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e In the quiet, lonely hours of the middle of the night, a woman scrolls social media on her phone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBabies are everywhere. All her friends seem to have one. But she is full of doubt – just the creep sniffing at the window.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow can she consider the enormity of new life when the world outside is burning? Besides, there’s something wrong in her body. She can feel it: pain, a constant dull ache she is too frightened to investigate. And then there’s something darker, pulsing beneath the surface, threatening to catch up with her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHers is a life deeply affected by grief and chaos; the death of her mother, a long buried sexual assault, and a drawn-out affair with a married actor of middling fame and maximum ego – full of glamour, hedonism, obsession and control. Is it possible to rebuild, when all you feel is lack?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A stunning poet and an equally gorgeous storyteller. I love everything Cecilia Knapp writes' HOLLIE MCNISH\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Cecilia Knapp is a great writer. I love her' KAE TEMPEST\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 'I really love Cecilia’s writing. It's sharp. Cuts to the quick. And offers my favourite thing, a real insight into the minds of women and all the things we don't often get to say out loud' SALMA EL-WARDANY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'As acute and relatable a portrait of modern life as a thirty-something woman as you wish for […] Utterly authentic' DAILY MAIL\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat:Hardback 272 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher:HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003eImprint:The Borough Press\u003cbr\u003eISBN:9780008766108\u003cbr\u003ePublished:21 May 2026\u003cbr\u003eClassifications:Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003cbr\u003eWeight:380g\u003cbr\u003eDimensions:223 x 145 x 28 (mm)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave of Nostalgia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64739709616477,"sku":null,"price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/8838\/2301\/files\/9780008766108.jpg?v=1779206271","url":"https:\/\/waveofnostalgia.co.uk\/products\/lack-by-cecilia-knapp","provider":"Wave of Nostalgia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}